A man was taken into custody Thursday in Barnstead after an hours-long search following a domestic incident, police said.

A man was taken into custody Thursday in Barnstead after an hours-long search following a domestic incident, police said.

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Updated: 12:41 PM EDT Jul 7, 2016

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WEBVTT EARLY THIS MORNING AND RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE THE PERSON THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING OR IN CUSTODY. STATE POLICE SAY THE SEARCH FOR A MALE SUBJECT STARTED EARLY THIS MORNING FOLLOWING A DOMESTIC SITUATI IN ARMS THAT WHERE POLICE SAY HE BRANDISHED A WEAPON. A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A MALE SUBJECT ARMED AND WAS DANGEROUS. KRISTE FOR SEVERAL HOURS A HEAVY STATE POLICE RESIDENCE COULD BE SEEN TO THE AREA OF PROVINCE ROAD. >> I SAW ALL THE CRUISERS AND DOG TEAMS AND SWAT. KRISTE A STATE POLICE HELICOPTER COULD BE SEEN CIRCLING ABOVE. THIS STARTED AROUND 11:00, 12:00 LAST NIGHT AND THEN IT STOPPED AND WE FINALLY DID GET SOME SLEEP AND THEN IT STARTED UP AGAIN THIS MORNING. KRISTEN: STATE TROOPERS, ALONG WITH THE SWAT TEAM, FOUND THE SUSPECT IN A WOODED AREA ON PROVINCE ROAD. >> WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AND WE DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE SKILL AND THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION OF FIRST RESPONDERS. THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN THE PERSON WAS ARMED AND COMMITTED AND DEDICATED AND DANGEROUS THROUGH TO THEIR DUTY IS TO PROTECT TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID HERE TODAY. KRISTEN: THE SUSPE IN BARNSTEAD HERE AT THE STANDOFF SITUATION IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE SAY THEY WILL RELEASE HIS

Man arrested after hours-long search in Barnstead

A man was taken into custody Thursday in Barnstead after an hours-long search following a domestic incident, police said.